beaucoup fish = concept album? or similar themes?

[bryantm3]

about the similar themes thread, i came up with the idea after listening to beaucoup fish multiple times, and i listened to it a couple of times again on vacation. i heard repeated vocals in push upstairs, downstairs, and moaner about seeing a girl or meeting her 'in the air where it's thin' and 'tiny holes' and 'fat circles', and i'm wondering if we put all the lyrics together if they'd tell a story. or what if we read every other word and it was some secret code? okay, maybe i'm getting ahead of myself, but i think i might be onto something here.

i'm going to try to analyse the lyrics for 'cups'...

seems to be a song about rain falling or something, maybe fog or condensation?

push upstairs:

this song is pretty obviously about sex. i always thought it was a song about a prostitute, like roxanne or something, but my dad says it's about banging some chick named tina..

jumbo:

seems to be a song about a date.. girl never showed up, or hung up on him?

shudder/king of snake:

seems to be about drinking or getting drunk.

winjer:

seems to be about a dream? or being hungover? or something

skym:

seems to be from a third person perspective about loving a girl and doing her wrong or something.

bruce lee:

seems to be utter nonsense about some kid and a juice box at first, but then goes into 'bullet got the wrong bloke'... don't know about this one. maybe a song about sex as well? doesn't seem likely to me.

push downstairs:

a reprisal of push upstairs. very proggy thing to do. the music here is much more moody though..

something like a mama:

possibly another song about sex? who knows?

moaner:

lots of lyrics here. features a reprisal of the push upstairs theme, about the air being thin and tiny holes.. does this mean whatever is being discussed has urgency? and 'you left me alone'... does this mean the girl has left him for another man? possibly.


just a theory, but once again, i think i'm onto something. i hope you'll read through this because it makes sense to me. i think it's pretty neat.

[dubman]

i'm feeling really hesitant about this..

Originally Posted by bryantm3

something like a mama:

possibly another song about sex?.

aw dude noooooo

[Bargo]

Haha. So maybe it should be called 'Something like a MILF'?

My impression of what Jumbo is about is a guy riding in the subway and seeing a girl he fancies nearby. He goes to talk to her and introduce himself, but she's too caught up in talking/sms-ing on the phone to really care.

[joethelion]

what funny - is that the only theme I've ever noticed through BF was telephones and associated stuff

• Push Upstairs - her voice so seldom on my machine [answering machine]
her voice so intentionally smilling and a cloud between us [long distance call]

• Jumbo - you pick up the phone

-and well we know that KoS is based off the stories that they heard about well... fighting snakes (I think it was in Japan)

• Skym - and your voice again
I don't want you to call again

• Moaner - she's calling from America

[Leon]

I feel that most of the songs have different themes in one. Like some of the early lyrics in Jumbo have nothing to do with the later ones.

[big screen satellite]

well BF was recorded using various elements of trips to the States and the US, sounds and vibes gathered from both places...

i think thats all really, there appears to be nothing more to it than what the boys were doing at the time and grabbed their moods...

i know that there may well be more to it than simply that, but mainly Karl gets his lyrical inspirations from the streets and things he encounters,

she's calling from america would be a girl on a phone, for example

her voice - overheard conversations...

king of snake, beaucoup fish etc all references to conversations and overheard phrases...its all fairly simple really - i think

[bryantm3]

so it could just be an album about overheard conversations and not neccessarily a personal story?
hmmm....

[TheBang]

Here's what I saw while reading your post:

Originally Posted by bryantm3

push upstairs: sex.
jumbo: a date.. girl
shudder/king of snake: drinking or getting drunk.
winjer: being hungover?
skym: loving a girl
bruce lee: song about sex
push downstairs: a reprisal of sex
something like a mama: another song about sex
moaner: the girl has left him

[holden]

Problem with the concept album idea is that Karl said himself (on the BF Interviews/Darren Emerson remix Promo discs) that the track order changed many times and that Moaner was a last-minute addition.

i just listened to Beaucoup this weekend on a cartrip, and the idea of long-distance relationships (through the wire, over the phone) is very distinct throughout. Not really a concept, though. Most songs have personal/relationship elements. Plus, since Karl says "girl" and "boy" so often in songs, you never really know if its relevant to a set of lyrics or more of a "sound" word...something that fills the place and sounds cool, but doesn't mean much.

[froopy seal]

Originally Posted by TheBang

Here's what I saw while reading your post:

Ahh, that must be why I like it so much.

Seriously: I find its pushing beats and overall danceability... well, kind of sexy. And my girlfriend really digs Moaner although she's only learning to love UW.